Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-04-21
EASTERN NEWS.
Suicide Of Lieutenant John v.
DanncnhOWT.
DEATH or ALEXANDER MITcRtlI. A MIL
WAuKEE MILLIONAIRE.
A Fatal and Destructive Cyclone at
Suffolk, Virginia.
TIE wINNEBAao AND CROW GREER
RESERVATIONS 70 BE INVADED.
Edward A. Merely Eelected Secretary O
the Interstate Commission.
ESPECIAL TO FL SENTINEL
Death Of Lieut. Dannenhower.

ANNAPOLIS, Nd, April 20.-Lieut.
John w. Dannenhower the Arctic ex-
plorer, shot and killed himself at the
Naval Academy this morning. He
had mental trouble after he came
| back from the Arctic region. He was
found lying ON a rug in front of his fire
| place, with a tag tied to his button
hole: "Send to my brother at Wash
ington." Although he has had some
troubles since he returned from the
Arctic regions, what Immediately led
to the suicide is thought to have been
the recent grounding of the Constella-
ton ON its way to Norfolk, which he
had charge of, and for which it is sup
posed he had fears of being court
martialed. Furthermore, he was very
intimate with young Robert w. Gate
wood, who recently committed suicide
on the Carolina, and whom he saw in
| death. 1t is supposed this death sug-
| gested a mode to him. His wife, for
merly Miss Sloane of New York, is
away with her parents. Lieutenant
| Dannenhower leaves two children.
! He was about So years old, and an in
| telligent and polished officer.
Another Appeal to the Commission.
WASHINGTON, April 20.-E. NJ. Her
rick, President of the Pacific Pine
Lumber Company, and E. G. Will
Hams, President of the Redwood Man.
ufacturing Association Of San Fran
cisco, have te~legraphed the Interstate
Commerce Commission as follows
Our two corporations, employing 5000
to 10000 men, and about $50, 000 900
capital. have addressed you by mail,
stating that our Eastern business has
been entirely destroyed by the opera
ton of the law. and asking your inter-
position in our behalf. Meanwhile,
will you allow the roads over which we
have been operating to give the old
rates, and SO revive Duh business with
the East, provided the rate is open
and available for all?
The Veteran Soidiers' Home.
New YORK, April 20.-The Board of
Managers of the National Home for
disabled veteran soldiers. met in this
city this afternoon. The Board re-
ceived propositions for a location for
the proposed new home on the Pacific
Slope from Napa Valley, Los Angeles
and Santa Rosa. The Board will
visit California in June for the purpose
of selecting a suitable sight for the
new home. General w. HI. Franklin
was selected President, Col. L. A.
Harris and General John A. Martin
Vice Presidents, and General M. 7.
Mcmahon Secretary. There are now
81, 5000 persons under charge of the
Board, and new homes are to be
erected at Leavenworth, KY, and
Dayton, Ohio.
Death or q Railroad President.
New YORK, April 2O.-Alex. Mitch
ell, of Milwaukee, President of the
Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad, died at
the Hoffman House at AS this after
noon of pneumonia.
MILWAUKEE, April 2O.-Mitchell's
estate is variously estimated at from
SIS, 000, 900 to $25, 000, 900. 1t consists
largely Of securities of various kinds,
as outside OF his magnificent residence,
on Grand Avenue, the Chamber of
Commerce, and the Mitchell bank
buildings, he has comparatively small
landed possessions. He is known to
have left a will. It was made three
years ago, but B. X. Miller, who drew
it up refuses to divulge its contents.
A Destructive Cyclone.
SUFFOLK, Va, April 20.-Last night
a cyclone visited this section with fatal
and destructive effects. Its track was
about 100 yards wide. The house of
John Wright, six miles north of Suf-
folk, was completely demolished.
Mr.. Wright and his wife, and a young
| sister, and James Luke, were in the
house at the time. Mrs. Wright and
| Mr.. Luke were instantly killed. The
young girl was fatally injured and MI.
Wright seriously hurt. Much other
damage was done to property along
the path of the cyclone.
Invading the Reservations.
PIERRE, Dakota, April 2O.-Captain
Myers camped last night at Canning,
and to-day will invade the Winnebago
and Crow Creek reservations, and
eject all the white settlers. The seat
Of trouble is at Big Bend, As miles
south of here. The settlers are en-
ragged over the action of the Govern
ment, and have everything at stake,
including the present years crop.
They will not abandon to the Indians
unless forced to do so.
sarah House the s~windIer.
ST.. JOINS, April 20.-Sarah House,
who fled from Boston in the early part
of last week, after swindling her lady
depositors out of $4,000, has been
living here for several days. On Sat-
urday she engaged a fashionable resi-
dence house adjoining the residence
of President Mcclellan, of the suspen-
ded Maratime Bank, whose furniture
and outfit she proposed to purchase.
Her identity being discovered, how
ever, she was seized with fear and
took last nights train for Canada.